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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Nature and Aim of Fiction, Writing Short Stories and On Her Own Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who called art "reason in making"?
(a) St. Mark.
(b) St. Petroc.
(c) St. Kea.
(d) St. Thomas.

2. What does O'Connor think every writer would like to think of himself as?
(a) An original.
(b) A realist.
(c) A genius.
(d) An artist.

3. From what newspaper was the photographer who visited O'Connor at her home?
(a) USA Today.
(b) Pathe News.
(c) The Weekly Report.
(d) The New York Times.

4. What author does O'Connor use as an example of someone who is not present in his work?
(a) Richard Matheson.
(b) Alexander Pope.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) William Shakespeare.

5. In what city did O'Connor's friend from Wisconsin buy a house?
(a) Chattanooga.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Ocala.
(d) Macon.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to O'Connor, what do Northern authors consider everything written by Southerners?

2. Which writer did Henry James say does things in the way that take the most doing?

3. What possession of O'Connor's mom did the peafowl eat systematically?

4. How did the man selling fence posts get rid of his peafowl?

5. What does O'Connor say is a word that sounds good in anyone's mouth that no book jacket can do without?

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